Kiribati vs Mauritania
Mauritania is 1,271 times larger than Kiribati. Kiribati would fit into Mauritania about 1271 times.
KiribatiMauritaniaKiribati moved onto Mauritania · Equal-area projection
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Kiribati is 0.0× the area of Mauritania. Put the other way, Mauritania is 1,271× the size of Kiribati.
| Kiribati | Mauritania | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 811 km² | 1,030,700 km² |
| Population | 136,488 | 5,315,065 |
| Density | 168 / km² | 5.2 / km² |
| Capital | Tarawa | Nouakchott |
| Region | Micronesia | Western Africa |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 0 | 4 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Kiribati sits at about 1°N and is stretched to 1.0× its true area; Mauritania at 20° N is stretched to 1.14×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Kiribati bigger than Mauritania?
- No. Kiribati is 1,271 times smaller than Mauritania. Kiribati covers 811 km² and Mauritania covers 1,030,700 km².
- How many times does Kiribati fit into Mauritania?
- About 1271 times: Mauritania has 1,271× the area of Kiribati.
- Why do Kiribati and Mauritania look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Kiribati is drawn about 1.0× its true area there and Mauritania about 1.14×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Kiribati or Mauritania?
- Mauritania: 5,315,065 people against 136,488. Density: Kiribati 168 per km², Mauritania 5.2 per km².